Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian faced Xiao Xun'er’s warning about Xiao Yan before preparing for the upcoming battle at Jia Nan Academy. The next day, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er entered the arena to face fifty opponents as Elder Su Qian silenced the crowd.

• Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Yi Xian and warned her not to harm Xiao Yan, revealing the threat of her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian planned to obtain a seventh-tier Water Attribute Magic Core and later recruit Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Xiao Yi Xian cultivated through the night while awaiting the battle.
• The next day, Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xun'er whether she blamed him for the fight, and she reassured him.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er entered the arena as the crowd cheered for them.
• Elder Su Qian ordered the crowd to be silent.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian began their battle against the forty-nine Outer Academy disciples and an instructor to earn entry into the Inner Academy. Xiao Yi Xian faced the instructor and Wu Hao, whose attacks she repelled, but the instructor's fiery saber drove her back without injuring her.

• Elder Su Qian warned the trio that all three would be expelled if any of them lost, but Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian refused to withdraw.
• Wu Hao and Hu Jia confronted the group, while Bai Shan challenged Xiao Yan and an instructor claimed Lin Dong as his opponent.
• The instructor challenged Xiao Yi Xian after sensing her three-star Dou Ling cultivation, and Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to send most of the disciples flying.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck at the instructor, blocked Wu Hao's saber, and knocked him away with a White Dragon punch.
• The instructor attacked Xiao Yi Xian from behind, forcing her back with a fiery saber, but her Dou Qi armor and body remained unharmed.

Lin Dong defeated the instructor and sent Wu Hao, Bai Shan, and Hu Jia flying, while Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough. The judges declared Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er the winners of the special competition, advancing them to the Inner Academy.

• Lin Dong fought the instructor, stunned him with a dragon roar, and knocked him out of the arena.
• Lin Dong unleashed a powerful sword strike that sent Wu Hao, Bai Shan, and Hu Jia flying.
• Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough, while Hu Jia admitted she had hurt Xiao Xun'er and was comforted by her.
• The Vice Principal ruled that Xiao Yan had not broken the rules, and Wu Hao praised Lin Dong's strength.
• Elder Su Qian announced that Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er had won and would advance to the Inner Academy.

After winning the selection competition, Xiao Yi Xian celebrated by drinking Heavenly Silkworm Medicinal Wine and got Xiao Xun'er to join her. Xiao Yan carried the two drunken girls back to their room and discovered that the wine had an intoxicating aroma.

• Xiao Yi Xian walked through the academy, thinking about her selection victory and the reward awaiting her in the Library Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian drank heavily from her Wine Gourd and, while drunk, mistook Xiao Xun'er for two people.
• Xiao Xun'er tasted Xiao Yi Xian's Heavenly Silkworm Medicinal Wine, enjoyed it, and drank alongside her.
• Ling Ying watched Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er stagger toward their residence as their drinking drew attention across the Outer Academy.
• Xiao Yan carried the drunken Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er to their room, and Medicine Elder pointed out the wine's remarkable aroma.

Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder prepared to head to the Treasure Pavilion while Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er recovered from drinking together. Meanwhile, Vice Principal Hu Gan warned Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia not to turn their defeat into a feud with Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan.

• Medicine Elder identified the ingredients in Xiao Yi Xian's wine, then told Xiao Yan to rest before their trip to the Treasure Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er woke up together, exchanged names, and Xiao Yi Xian changed back into his male appearance as Ling Ying watched in amazement.
• Xiao Yan called for Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, and the three set off toward the meeting place for the Treasure Pavilion.
• Hu Gan refused to take revenge for Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia after Xiao Yi Xian defeated them.
• Hu Gan warned the three not to become enemies with Xiao Yi Xian or Xiao Yan, whose potential he considered frightening.

Hu Gan led the six top contestants from the Selection Tournament through a hidden passage to Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion. After two powerful gray-robed elders appeared at its entrance, the group waited for them to open the door, while Xiao Yi Xian hoped to claim valuable treasures inside.

• Hu Gan told the six contestants they could enter the Library Pavilion and keep whatever they found, then revealed a hidden passage behind the wall.
• Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Bai Shan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian followed Hu Gan through the dim passage.
• The group emerged into a sunken valley and saw the enormous ancient Library Pavilion.
• Hu Gan stopped before the building and asked the elders to open its door for the tournament’s top five.
• Two gray-robed Nine Star Fight Sect elders appeared at the entrance, surprising Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.

Hu Gan and the students sought entry to Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion, where its gray-robed guardians recognized Xiao Yan and discovered Xiao Yi Xian’s true form. They gave Xiao Yi Xian a token promising help once, then Hu Gan asked them to open the Spatial Lock protecting the pavilion.

• Hu Gan waited respectfully while the gray-robed guardians silently communicated, then they asked Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian their names.
• The guardians praised Xiao Yan and privately told Xiao Yi Xian they had detected her true form and knew she had come for Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian confirmed her purpose, and the guardians gave her a token that would let them help her once and asked her to treat Zi Yan well.
• Hu Gan reflected that Lin Dong might be even more extraordinary than Xiao Yan and considered how his granddaughter could befriend him.
• Hu Gan asked the guardians to remove the Spatial Lock, while Xiao Yi Xian noticed the barrier concealed in the space before the Library Pavilion.

Xiao Yi Xian and the others entered the Spatial Lock and approached Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion, where they were warned to take only what the barriers allowed and to leave within an hour. The six went inside as the doors closed behind them, while Hu Gan and the gray-robed elders discussed the exceptional newcomers waiting outside.

• Two gray-robed Old Men opened a spatial doorway, and Hu Gan led Xiao Yi Xian and the others through it.
• Hu Gan explained the Library Pavilion’s energy barriers, the one-item limit, and the need not to force anything they could not obtain.
• The group reached the pavilion, where its ancient plaque briefly drew their attention before a gray-robed elder opened the doors and warned them to return within an hour.
• Hu Jia entered first, followed by Bai Shan and Wu Hao, while Xun Er entered with Xiao Yan and Lin Dong; Xiao Yi Xian followed last.
• The Library Pavilion doors shut after all six entered, and Hu Gan and the two gray-robed elders expressed confidence in the newcomers, including Ye Qingxian.

The Library Pavilion sent Xiao Yi Xian to the loft, where she searched its treasures and followed a mysterious connection from her Mask to a pale gray orb. She caught the orb and found a gray scroll inside.

• The pavilion’s elders sent Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Bai Shan, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yan to different regions, while they directed Lin Dong to the loft.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered the loft and caught a purple scroll containing the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, which she already possessed.
• The loft’s barriers released many light orbs containing valuable items, and Xiao Yi Xian used her soul perception to inspect them.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s Mask gave her a vague connection to an unknown object, and she spotted a pale gray orb among the flying treasures.
• Xiao Yi Xian chased the orb, absorbed some of its potent poison with her Calamity Poison Body, and caught the gray scroll inside.

Xiao Yi Xian cultivated the poison energy in Canaan Academy's Library Pavilion, advanced to Two-Star Dou Emperor, and chose an ancient sheepskin scroll containing half of a map to a mysterious ruin. After the six students left the pavilion, Hu Gan escorted them back to the academy.

• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison energy and broke through from One-Star to Two-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened the blank sheepskin scroll, entered an illusion of an ancient structure marked “Tian Xing,” and learned the scroll was half of a map to a mysterious ruin.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose the sheepskin scroll over a Seventh-tier Magic Core and stored it in her Storage Ring.
• The Library Pavilion's energy barriers receded, its doors opened, and Xiao Yi Xian and the other five students emerged.
• A gray-robed Old Man warned the students to keep what they had seen and experienced secret.
• Hu Gan confirmed that all six were unharmed and led them away from the pavilion.

Duan Que and the Big Black Dog robbed a grave and found a sheepskin scroll pointing toward a massive ancient tomb. They decided to travel from North Source to the Northwest Continent while cultivating and digging up more graves along the way.

• Duan Que emerged from a grave with treasures, but the Big Black Dog demanded a share and bit his butt until he agreed to split the loot.
• Duan Que found a sheepskin scroll among the treasures and said it revealed the location of a massive ruin or ancient tomb.
• Duan Que claimed he had deduced the location of the map’s other half, while the Big Black Dog failed to sense anything from the scroll.
• Duan Que proposed heading to the Northwest Continent, and the Big Black Dog agreed despite the journey taking several years from North Source.
• Duan Que and the Big Black Dog decided to cultivate as they traveled and dig up graves along the way.

After the selection tournament, Hu Gan warned the six newcomers about the Inner Academy before Xiao Yi Xian spent two days consolidating her strength in the forest. Her quiet rest ended when two girls fleeing a Shadow Wolf entered her territory and mistook her for a pervert.

• Hu Gan told Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the other three newcomers to prepare for the Inner Academy and warned them to work together and grow stronger.
• Xiao Yi Xian went to a waterfall in the forest and cultivated until her strength stabilized at the two-star Dou Emperor level.
• Xiao Yi Xian took out her Wine Gourd and enjoyed a drink by the waterfall.
• Two girls fled a fourth-tier Dou Ling-level Shadow Wolf and reached Xiao Yi Xian's territory, where her Dragon Might kept the beast at bay.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared on a tree branch and asked the girls why they had come, prompting them to scream and accuse her of being a pervert.

Xiao Yi Xian helped Xiao Yan practice a roar, accidentally knocked him out with her Dou Emperor strength, then invited him and Medicine Elder to drink her Heavenly Silkworm Medicinal Wine. Xiao Xun'er joined them, and their drunken return made the Outer Academy gossip about its three strongest drunkards.

• Xiao Yi Xian sent two young women toward Jia Nan Academy after they mistook her for the Outer Academy's top-ranked drunkard.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Yan about his failed roaring practice, then demonstrated with a roar that knocked him unconscious.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized to Xiao Yan and offered him wine, and she, Xiao Yan, and Medicine Elder drank together.
• Xiao Xun'er joined the group and drank with Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medicine Elder while Ling Ying watched from the shadows.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Medicine Elder staggered back toward the dormitories, prompting Outer Academy gossip and leaving Hu Jia and Wu Hao upset that they had not been invited.

Drunk Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Xun'er wreaked havoc across Jia Nan Academy before Ling Ying rescued Xiao Xun'er and Hu Gan stopped the others. Xiao Yi Xian escaped into Instructor Ruo Lin's room, erased her memory of the incident, and returned to bed, while Xiao Yan stumbled home still drunk.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Xun'er wandered into the girls' bathing area, frightening the women there and causing an uproar across Jia Nan Academy.
• The three continued their drunken rampage, and Ling Ying took Xiao Xun'er away while Hu Gan confronted Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hu Gan punched Xiao Yan into the ground, and Xiao Yi Xian fled across the rooftops before falling into Instructor Ruo Lin's bathtub.
• Xiao Yi Xian used her soul force to make Instructor Ruo Lin believe Xiao Yan had fallen from the roof, then left and returned to her room.
• Xiao Yan, bruised and still drunk, returned to his room and fell asleep.

Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and their companions traveled by Griffin toward the Inner Academy, where they learned that the final leg required them to survive a Fire Energy Card trial. As the other students charged into the forest, Xiao Yi Xian chose to proceed alone.

• Xiao Yan learned that he had been badly beaten after the previous day's drunken chaos, while Xiao Yi Xian and the others joked about their exploits.
• Hu Gan organized the students into groups and sent them toward the Inner Academy aboard the Griffin Corps.
• Elder Su Qian killed a Fifth-Order Magical Beast that blocked the Griffins, and the students entered a cave behind a waterfall.
• Hu Gan and Elder Su Qian explained that the students had to reach the Inner Academy while protecting their Fire Crystal Cards from Fire Energy Hunters.
• The students rushed into the forest, but Xiao Yi Xian walked toward the exit alone.

Xiao Yi Xian entered the Fire Energy Hunting Competition intent on robbing old students and quickly took five of them down, raising her Fire Energy from five to fifty. As she headed toward the Inner Academy, she reflected on the powerful treasures and opportunities awaiting her in the wider world.

• Xiao Yi Xian recalled that Fire Energy was valuable in the Inner Academy and decided to rob old students while sparing the new students.
• A red-haired brute and four companions demanded Xiao Yi Xian's Fire Crystal Card, but she knocked all five unconscious.
• Xiao Yi Xian used Dou Qi to gather their cards and increased her Fire Energy from five to fifty.
• Xiao Yi Xian considered the Fallen Heart Flames beneath Jia Nan Academy and the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, along with other powerful opportunities across the world.
• Xiao Yi Xian resolved to pursue strength and looked forward to the upheavals that would follow the competition.

Xiao Yi Xian hunted down old students during the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament and confronted the Black White Guards, revealing Dou Wang-level strength before Elder Su Qian stopped her attack. The tournament ended with the new students declared winners, and they received extra Fire Energy and rewards.

• Xiao Yi Xian defeated several old-student teams, collected their Fire Crystal Cards, and put on a worn Mask to continue hunting.
• Xiao Yi Xian faced the Black White Guards and unleashed Dou Wang-level strength with a powerful sword strike.
• Elder Su Qian blocked Xiao Yi Xian from attacking again, and the Black White Guards conceded defeat.
• Elder Su Qian declared the new students the tournament winners and awarded each twenty extra days of Fire Energy.
• Elder Su Qian gave Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao Green Fire Crystal Cards, and an old student explained the card grades.

Xiao Yi Xian used her Dou Wang strength to drive off the White Gang, then left Xiao Yan to face the Inner Academy’s challenges and went to see the Heavenly Burning Qi Tower. Xiao Yan agreed to lead the new students and establish Panmen, while Xiao Yi Xian encountered Han Yue on her way to the tower.

• Bai Cheng confronted Xiao Yan and the other newcomers, but Xiao Yi Xian flew down and revealed her Dou Wang cultivation, making the White Gang withdraw.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan she would no longer step in unless necessary and left him to undergo his own trial.
• A newcomer explained that Inner Academy factions exploited new students and asked Xiao Yan to become their leader after Lin Dong declined.
• Xiao Yan agreed to lead the newcomers and establish Panmen.
• On her way to the Heavenly Burning Qi Tower, Xiao Yi Xian crossed paths with Han Yue, and the two recognized each other as Lin Dong and the newcomer with Dou Wang cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian reached the tower with Xiao Yan and Wu Hao, who panicked after spotting a huge pit.

Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Wu Hao entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Tower after Xiao Yan expelled the Fallen Heart Flame’s scorching. Inside, Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan saw the flame’s serpent-shaped Flame Spirit, and Medicine Elder explained what it was.

• Xiao Yi Xian protected herself from the Fallen Heart Flame’s scorching and noticed that it purified the Dou Qi she absorbed.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Wu Hao registered with Elder Liu and met Han Yue, who sensed Heavenly Flame on Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan.
• Elder Liu led the group into the Heavenly Burning Qi Tower and showed them its cultivation rooms and central stairwell.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan used the Green Lotus Core Flame to see the Fallen Heart Flame’s serpent-shaped Flame Spirit behind a barrier.
• Medicine Elder explained that Flame Spirits were intelligent Heavenly Flame entities that could take distinct forms.

Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan saw the Fallen Heart Flame’s fire spirit imprisoned beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Burning Qi Tower, then followed Elder Liu to the cultivation area. There, Xiao Yi Xian intervened when Fu Ao attacked a couple, repeatedly pinning him down with her Sword Shadow.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan examined the barrier containing the Fallen Heart Flame as Medicine Elder explained that it was a spatial prison made with a Dou Venerate’s full power.
• Elder Liu startled Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan, who both denied seeing anything unusual, and then led them through the tower’s cultivation areas.
• Fu Ao drove a couple from a medium-grade cultivation room and threatened the man for pursuing Xiao Die.
• Xiao Yi Xian used Sword Two to pin Fu Ao down, released him when he demanded a fair fight, and slammed him into the floor again when he charged her.
• Xiao Yi Xian repeatedly lifted and smashed Fu Ao with her Sword Shadow as he struggled to resist.